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Days of the really cheap ammo might be over, but I think that you are on the right track with your bulk 9mm ammo. I'm almost through 20 000 rounds of it and it has a failure rate similar to any factory loaded 9mm ammo that is sold in bulk. I've had plenty of factory fresh rounds that had backwards primers, wouldn't fit the chamber or were squibs. When you go through a few hundred thousand rounds of ammo per year, this happens. I like how your bulk 9mm is just in a box, no little boxes to deal with. Putting every round into a tray and then into a little box makes no sense to me for a person buying 1000+ rounds at a time. People buying factory reloads are doing it to save few bucks, nit get premium packaging.

The Norinco non corrosive 7.62x39 is great ammo, hope you can continue to bring it in. The LCW in the past was great ammo too, but I never had a failure with the Norinco stuff either. With so many SKS rifles in Canada, the appetite for x39 will not abate, and many of us love the non corrosive so we only have to clean our rifles every case or two.Hopefully that will still be in supply for reasonable prices. (Note I didn't say CHEAP, just reasonable)

The demand for CHEAP stuff (other than ammo that works good) can be a race to the bottom that ultimately nobody benefits from. Cheap guns that work are great. Cheap guns that don't work become a headache for consumers and sellers alike. I would rather have something affordable that works for a long time than something cheap that only last a little while. Good example was the DA Outlaw sxs shotguns vs the Huglu you recently brought to market.The Outlaw was a GREAT novelty gun, great for shooting a few hundred rounds per year, but not great for a hundred rounds per week. The Huglu look like they can stand the test of time and only a few bucks more.
 
Your playground has always been the high-volume stuff. So, in no particular order:
1-more reloaded ammos. It seems like you're gonna get into 223 after getting into 9mm. That's good. Next could be 308, 45acp or 762x39, if you can beat the prices of chinese new production, non-corrosive.

2-Reloading components. You got bullets with campro and russian primers, but your choice of powders isn't exactly stellar. A powder like 4064 would sell very well, better than 700X, because the average rifle round requires a lot more powder than the average pistol round. Also, 4064 is a kind of powder than you can use from 223 to 300WM (or 300WSM), so just about any rifle can fire rounds using it. Other than that, maybe some kind of ball powder for rifles, but I'm not sure which is as versatile as 4064.

3-You might want to add 0.50 diameter bullets. More and more people own Desert eagle, 50S&W revolvers or 50beowulf rifles, and all these ammos cost an arm and a leg, so reloading is a good option. Campro doesn't make 0.50 (they might start producing them if they see a demand though), so Berry is the cheapest option. Or there might be some manufacturer that you know about but we don't.

4-AR furnitures and magazines. Thousands of cheap ARs have been sold in the last few months in Canada, so there's a market for upgrades. Don't bother stocking 5/20 or 5/30 magazine, only stock metal pistol (10 rounds) magazines and couplers. For furnitures, go for budget stuff like NCStar/Vism: MLOK triangle handguard, grips, stuff like that.

5-magazines in general. This one is easier to gauge: the more a firearm is popular, the more magazines you can stock without any fear of being stuck with your inventory: glock 9mm, cz75 9mm (or 40sw that work fine in 9mm), 1911 and M&P for pistols, 10/22 and rem700 for rifles. It might be harder for rifles because there's a lot more different calibres out there. I know Brownells is selling their homebrand magazines or mec-gar for pretty good prices, but with the same supply chain, you'd beat their prices after shipping, duties and brokerage fees.

6-The only accessories that get sold in high volumes are for 1911, ar-15 or 10/22, and of course, accessories usefull for every firearms like trigger lock, carry bags and ammo case. In this regard you've got the right selection for your market, but you might want to add ear and eye protection.

7-I don't even own a shotgun, but the people I know who do have shotguns will shoot a lot during one clay busting session. So maybe cheap 2 3/4 7.5 shotgun shell would be a high volume item.
 
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We are trimming a lot of slower moving products from our stock.

As a result we are looking to add some other products to our line.

The days of cheap ammo are over.

What are you looking for?

We are interested in your feedback on products, services, etc.

Thanks all.
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Cheap ammo! :)
 
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